Ellen F. Davis, Ph.D. is Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke Divinity School. The author of twelve books and many articles, her most recent works are Preaching the Luminous Word (Eerdmans, 2016) and Opening Israel’s Scriptures (Oxford, 2019). She is a lay member of the Episcopal Church and long been active as a theological consultant within the Anglican Communion.